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The thousands of startups today that are pitching...(bryce.vc)
66 points by liuhenry 16y ago|16 comments
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by liuhenry 16y ago
The San Bushmen in the Kalahari Desert still do this today. This BBC clip on persistence hunting (narrated by David Attenborough!) is worth a watch; their endurance is absolutely incredible: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=826HMLoiE_o
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by liuhenry 16y ago
Ironically, GitHub warns against using unprotected private keys in their setup guide: http://help.github.com/working-with-key-passphrases/
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by liuhenry 16y ago
Art & Copy - similar to Helvetica and Objectified. Good documentary about advertising and design's power, effect, and influence.
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by liuhenry 16y ago
Agreed, if you are interested in applying, definitely do so, even if you aren't set on that specific course. More info: http://www.ousu.org/acaff/undergraduate-specific-information...
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by liuhenry 16y ago
I applied to Oxford for the 2011 cycle (as an American student), and it is fairly different. Oxford works under the tutorial system. There's a set number of courses and subjects, and every course is specific and roughly fixed. This is basic
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by liuhenry 16y ago
When is this being implemented? It wasn't an option for the 2011 application cycle, and unfortunately it's a real hassle to change courses from the one you applied to.
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by liuhenry 16y ago
Facebook has made a lot of progress in app privileges. Under http://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=applications , there is a categorical line-item veto - you can revoke access to certain things, such as wall posting, access posts in news
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by liuhenry 16y ago
Karel's great, it's how I first learned Java. Cuts down on all of the unnecessary stuff and boilerplate, and presents an easy way to learn programming logic and theory. If anyone's looking for a good intro course to OOP and Java, CS106A at
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by liuhenry 16y ago
What about negative correlations? Currently it tracks "things you do", but what about "things you don't do"?
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by liuhenry 16y ago
According to Business Insider, LivingSocial's CEO's has said this is not a problem: http://www.businessinsider.com/livingsocial-server-flaw-2011... "Tim O'Shaughnessy: Just saw your post come through based on Martin Tobias' post and he is
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by liuhenry 16y ago
Rachel Botsman gave a TED talk on the same topic. It's worth a watch. http://www.ted.com/talks/rachel_botsman_the_case_for_collabo...
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by liuhenry 16y ago
Use an eyedropper in GIMP, PS, etc. to get the digital value (don't read off monitor)
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by liuhenry 16y ago
Check out Thomas Thwaite's TED Talk on "How I Built a Toaster from Scratch" He mines ore and creates his own steel, copper, and plastic. It just goes to show how much specialization and trade is required for the simplest of modern technolog
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Humans vs. automated search: Why people power is cool again(edition.cnn.com)
1 points by liuhenry 16y ago|0 comments
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by liuhenry 16y ago
In the next decade I think we'll see an explosion in private engineering, not only in aerospace but also biomedical (companies like Halcyon) and materials (RepRap, Makerbot, increasing DIY) similar to what happened with the internet industr
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Software Devs Forming Space Companies(jedsundwall.com)
1 points by liuhenry 16y ago|1 comments
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We Are All Cyborgs Now - Amber Case TED(ted.com)
4 points by liuhenry 16y ago|0 comments
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by liuhenry 16y ago
We've already shown that remote and non-present communication works, but the difference between delayed and instant communication is huge. It's not so much text vs. video but that text gives you the ability to think and write/rewrite, while
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by liuhenry 16y ago
I ask why you think it is misleading or "downright false"? Apart from various news sources quoting the same, look at the subpoena itself: http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/01/07... It requests a considerable amount of
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All 637,000 followers of Wikileaks Subject to US Government Subpoena(salon.com)
15 points by liuhenry 16y ago|9 comments
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by liuhenry 16y ago
Assuming each trial is independent and the experiment is a Bernoulli experiment (e.g. akin to flipping a coin 700 times), the probability that you will get a result within 5% of the expected mean (50%) is 81.4%. Remember, though, that the p
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by liuhenry 16y ago
I know that the iPhones are notoriously bad at securing data when the device is on, but what about the remote wipe option? It's my understanding that 3GS and 4 phones have encrypted HDDs, with the remote wipe clearing the keys. I'm no exper
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by liuhenry 16y ago
Reading the headline, I thought "if this can output the computer's display to the iPad, I might consider buying one". Pen-on-screen graphics tablets don't come cheap. Wacom's entry-level Cintiq is priced at $999. Add a pressure-sensitive st
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by liuhenry 16y ago
How much time does it take you to sort through it all? That's the tradeoff you make with aggegators vs. rss. Personally, I'm also subscribed to a few hundred feeds on Google Reader, and I usually go through them first by deleting everything
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by liuhenry 16y ago
The real fun lies in getting shell access in developer mode: http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/developer-information-fo... From there, you can open a terminal and start experimenting, installing outside software, and working on ChromeOS
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by liuhenry 16y ago
How did MakerBot get started? Did they commercialize based on RepRap?
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by liuhenry 16y ago
Agreed, but it is useful/insightful to have the comments/discussion on hand.
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by liuhenry 16y ago
Previous post/discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2039117
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by liuhenry 16y ago
Ah, whoops - thanks for the correction. Quick question: dig (with no @server argument) turns up my router's IP. Is there a way to get around that?

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